Friday, May 29, 2009

Lust For Life

A long time in the salty sea
the sea anemone
attached to coral and stone
waits
until a passing fish
triggers
venom-filled
tentacles.
Anemone fires
a harpoon filament,
injects the fish with toxin
and gently, ever so gently,
the tentacles guide the prey
into anemone's mouth.